Title: Dimensional reduction for plates based on
       mixed variational principles

Authors: Stephan M. Alessandrini, Douglas N. Arnold, Richard S. Falk, and
         Alexandre L. Madureira 

Source: In Shells (Santiago de Compostela,1997), volume 105 of Cursos 
        Congr. Univ. Santiago de Compostela, pages 25-28. Univ. Santiago 
        de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, 1997.

Abstract:  We consider the derivation and rigorous justification of models
           for thin linearly elastic plates using mixed variational principles.

Keywords: plate, dimensional reduction, mixed variational principle 

URL: http://www.math.rutgers.edu/~falk/papers/santiago.pdf